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2025-08-31-accounts

Church Accruals Accounts 2024-2025

THE METHODIST CHURCH

TEMPLATE REPORT AND ACCOUNTS (ACCRUALS BASIS) for the year ended 31 August 2025

BURBAGE Church

Registered Charity - Registration number (if applicable) 1169141

~~a~~ HINCKLEY Circuit No "23/11"

Minister REV PATRICIA MUKOROMBINDO Church Stewards HILARY UNION DAVID BLACK (to 31/12/24) BRIAN BRADBURN KEITH WARE PHIL HAYWOOD Church Treasurer CHRISTINE ARMSTRONG

Name of Church

BURBAGE METHODIST CHURCH Church No 23/11

Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) for the year ended 31 August 2025

Notes to Designated
the General Fund Funds Restricted Endowment Total 2024-
accounts
(Unrestricted)		 (unrestricted) Funds Funds 25
£ £ £ £ £
Income
1 Offerings 7 31 132 31 132
2 Donations 11 502 948 12 450
3 Gift aid 6 688 150 6 838
4 Interest and investment income 2 033 46 1 393 3 472
5 Income from investment properties 0
6 Internal organisations 0
7 Other charitable income 6,7,14 7 417 3 272 10 689
8Total income 58 772 46 5 763 - 64 581
Expenditure
9 Circuit assessment or share 4,14 26 500 26 500
10 Grants and donations 9 335 9 335
11 Property maintenance 13 847 13 847
12 Insurance,utilities etc 5 311 5 311
13 Depreciation 6 271 6 271
14 Office expenses 10 1 016 1 016
15 Other expenditure 11 6 840 6 840
16 Internal organisations 0
17Total charitable expenditure 69 120 - - - 69 120
18 Gains/(losses) on monetary investments - 19
 - 19
19 Gains/(losses) on investment properties 0
20Net income/(expenditure) - 10 348
 46 5 763 - 19
 - 4 558
21 Transfers between funds 12 0
22 Other gains/(losses) 13 2 458 2 458
23Net movement in funds - 7 890
 46 5 763 - 19
 - 2 100
24 Total funds brought forward 1 630 247 1 006 28 307 5 763 1 665 323
25 Total funds carried forward 1 622 357 1 052 34 070 5 744 1 663 223

Name of Church

BURBAGE METHODIST CHURCH Church No 23/11

Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) for the year ended 31 August 2024

Notes to Designated Designated
the General Fund Funds Restricted Endowment Total 2023-
accounts (Unrestricted) (unrestricted) Funds Funds 24
£ £ £ £ £
Income
1 Offerings 31 986 31 986
2 Donations 3 3 757 1 123 4 880
3 Gift aid 12 612 -1 200 11 412
4 Interest and investment income 2 604 50 1 445 4 099
5 Income from investment properties 0
6 Internal organisations 0
7 Other charitable income 3,6,7,14,18 6 752 4 388 11 140
8Total income 57 711 50 5 756 - 63 517
Expenditure
9 Circuit assessment or share 4,14 26 500 26 500
10 Grants and donations 5 005 5 005
11 Property maintenance 17 10 122 10 122
12 Insurance,utilities etc 6 057 6 057
13 Depreciation 7 224 7 224
14 Office expenses 10 946 946
15 Other expenditure 9,11 4 534 15 690 20 224
16 Internal organisations 0
17Total charitable expenditure 60388 - 15 690 - 76 078
18 Gains/(losses) on monetary investments 346 346
19 Gains/(losses) on investment properties 0
20Net income/(expenditure) - 2 677 00
 50 - 9 934
 346 - 12 215 00
21 Transfers between funds 12 0
22 Other gains/(losses) 13,21 417 522 417 522
23Net movement in funds 414 845 50 - 9 934
 346 405 307
24 Total funds brought forward 1 215 402 956 38 241 5 417 1 260 016
25 Total funds carried forward 1 630 247 1 006 28 307 5 763 1 665 323

Church No 23/11

Name of Church

BURBAGE METHODIST CHURCH

Balance Sheet as at 31 August 2025

Fixed Assets Notes to the
Accounts		 General Fund
(Unrestricted)
£		 Designated
Funds
(Unrestricted)
£		 Restricted
Funds
£		 Endowment
Funds
£		 Totals 2025
£		 Totals 2025
£		 Totals 2024
£
Church buildingand otherproperty 1 573 484 1 573 484 1 577 297
Investmentproperties 0
Investments 0
Total fixed assets 1 573 484 0 0 0 1 573 484 1 577 297
Current Assets 6 625
0
5 744
5 744
1 052
34 070
73 665
3 705
Debtors andprepayments 6 625 6 625 6 808
Loans bythe Churches 0
Investments with TMCP 5 744 5 744 5 763
Central Finance Board Deposits 38 543 1 052 34 070 73 665 71 929
Cash at Bank and in hand 3 705 3 705 8 302
Total current assets 48 873 1 052 34 070 5 744 89 739 92 802
Current liabilities
Creditors (due in under 1 year) 0 4 776
Grantspayable within 2025-26 0
Total current liabilities 0 0 0 0 0 4 776
Net current assets/liabilities 48 873 1 052 34 070 5 744 89 739 88 026
Total assets less current liabilities 1 622 357 1 052 34 070 5 744 1 663 223 1 665 323
0
0
0
1 622 357
1 052
34 070
5 744
1 663 223
Long term liabilities
(due after more than oneyear)
Grantspayable after 2025-26 0
Loans to the Church 0
0
Net assets 1 622 357 1 052 34 070 5 744 1 663 223 1 665 323

Funds of the Church

Funds of the Church
General Fund(Unrestricted) 1 622 357 34 070 1 622 357 1 630 247
Designated Funds(Unrestricted) 1 052 1 052 1 006
Total Unrestricted Funds 1 623 409 1 631 253
Restricted Funds 34 070 34 070 28 307
Endowment Funds 5 744 5 744 5 763
Total Funds 1 622 357 1 052 34 070 5 744 1 663 223 1 665 323

Signed

Church Treasurer

Church: Burbage

Circuit: Hinckley

District: Northampton

Year ended 31 August 2025

Notes to the Accounts

1 Basis of accounting and accounting policies

i Accounting standard

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) 2015. See also v Accounting framework , below.

ii Public benefit entity

Burbage Methodist Church meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note(s) below.

iii Basis

These accounts have been prepared on the basis of historical cost except that investments are shown at their market value at the end of the year. The accruals basis has been used and trustees present accounts that show a true and fair view of the Church’s financial position and activities.

iv Content

The financial information presented is relevant, reliable, comparable and complete. Where estimates are used these are based on experience, research and judgement. The accounts are expressed in £Sterling, rounded to the nearest pound. Rounding differences should be ignored. Where the content of this year’s accounts is different from that of the previous year, the comparative year’s numbers have been adjusted and restated to be in the same format and on the same basis.

v Accounting framework

The financial statements have been prepared under the Charities Act 2011 in accordance with the 2014 version of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities applicable in the UK (effective from 1 January 2015) – the Charities SORP (FRSSE) – in replacement for the SORP’s 2005 version specified in its related 2008 Regulations and in accordance with the ‘true and fair override’ provision contained therein.

vi Going concern

To the best of their knowledge and belief the trustees confirm that there are no material uncertainties that would call into question the Church’s financial viability for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these accounts.

vii Income recognition

Income is brought into account when it is more likely than not that the economic benefit of the income will be forthcoming. No attempt is made to measure the value of services donated by volunteers.

Individual amounts categorised as Other income in the SOFA will be shown separately if they are considered material.

The time of volunteers is not recognised. Further information on this matter is provided in the Trustees’ Annual Report.

Church: Burbage Circuit: Hinckley

District: Northampton

Year ended 31 August 2025

Notes to the Accounts

viii Expenditure

This is recognised when a liability is incurred, or a constructive obligation arises, that results in the payment being unavoidable. Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the Church to pay out resources.

ix VAT

Since the District is not VAT registered, all input VAT is charged with the expenses to which it refers.

x Tangible fixed assets

These are capitalised if they can be used for more than one year, and individually cost at least £1000. The freehold property is shown in the accounts at its insured value. No depreciation is provided because the trustees consider the value of the buildings is not less than cost and the depreciation would be immaterial. The property has been reviewed for impairment and none is provided.

xi Investments

The investments are in monetary assets and are held by the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes (TMCP) as custodian trustees. The valuations, at market value, are those provided by TMCP. The unrealised gains arising on investments at the end of the year are shown in the SOFA and in Note 23 below.

Church: Burbage Circuit: Hinckley District: Northampton

Year ended 31 August 2025

Notes to the Accounts

xii Debtors and Creditors; Bank and Cash

Debtors are stated at the amounts owed to the Church or prepaid. Creditors are initially recognised at settlement amount after any trade discounts, where normal credit terms apply. Subsequently creditors that are current liabilities are measured at the cash or other consideration expected to be paid. The liquid funds of bank balances and deposit account balances are shown at the realisable values. Where work has been completed in the current year, but not invoiced until the next accounting period, this has been treated as an accrual.

xiii Loans

Where concessionary loans ( ie free of interest) are made to the Church to further its charitable purposes, and are repayable after more than one year, they are initially recognised at the amount received, with the carrying value adjusted in subsequent years to reflect repayments and any accrued interest, adjusted for any impairment, if necessary.

xiv Funds

The trustees have adopted a policy for all unrestricted reserves that there should be sufficient liquid assets to cover at least 6 months expenses.

2 Glossary of terms

CFB: Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church manages a Common Deposit Fund and a series of pooled investment funds for Methodist entities in Great Britain and provides investment advice to those entities

Church: a group of members from fewer than 10 to more than 300 Circuit: a group of Methodist Churches near each other, typically between 10 and 30 Connexion: The Methodist Church in GB which includes the Head Office at Methodist Church House, all Methodist Districts, Circuits and Churches in Great Britain District: a group of contiguous Circuits, usually between 15 and 30 FRS: Financial Reporting Standard HMRC: Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs MCF: Methodist Church Fund SOFA: Statement of Financial Activities SORP: Statement of Recommended Practice TMCP: Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes, the legal owner and Custodian Trustee of all Methodist Model Trust property, including Legacies, Endowments and Accumulated Funds

Church: Burbage Circuit: Hinckley

District: Northampton

Year ended 31 August 2025

Notes to the Accounts

3 Adjustments to Prior year

There were no adjustments to be made to last year’s accounts.

4 Contributions to the Circuit

All assessment payments that were due to the circuit were paid by Direct Debit.

5 Cost of Chair and trustees

All of the trustees are volunteers (church council) who receive no payment for their work as trustees.

6 Other income

The Church has continued fundraising for a 16th year in order to develop church property and buildings.

Other General Fund income (£7417) in the SOFA includes:

£
5845
Rents received (adjusted for debtors)
SumupincomereceivedreBreakfast@ Connect 1116
Stall rentals for October’25 Craft fair 240
Miscellaneous income 216
Total 7417

Church: Burbage Circuit: Hinckley

District: Northampton

Year ended 31 August 2025

Notes to the Accounts

7 Grants and donations made to the church

£948 was donated to the Development Fund, including £248 received in memory of a deceased church member.

There were no donations to the Benevolent Fund.

Donations of £11502 were received towards general church running costs which comprised the following:

9 Building Project costs

No payments were made from the Development Fund this year

10 Office expenses (General fund and TMCP charges)

Office expenses consisted entirely of printing, broadband, postage & stationery (including printer ink). Telephone expenses were not claimed.

Church: Burbage Circuit: Hinckley

District: Northampton

Year ended 31 August 2025

Notes to the Accounts

11 Other outgoings

2023-24 2024-25
£ £
Ministers’ leaving gift 211
Equipment 321 2458
Cleaning & Consumables 2409 2657
Bank Charges 161 156
Children’s Work & Messy Church 72 20
Audit & Legal fees 460
Stay & Play equipment 110
Other miscellaneous costs 1461 878
Total 4534 6840

Church: Burbage Circuit: Hinckley

District: Northampton

Year ended 31 August 2025

Notes to the Accounts

12 Transfers between funds

Easyfundraising money had to be paid into the current account & was transferred into the development account.

HSBC continues to only accept cheques & notes at the Hinckley branch. The local post office accepts complete bags of coins, so almost all banking is now done at the post office. The church needs to maintain petty cash, & the donations received at the Tuesday drop-in are treated as petty cash. The total cash received each week is augmented from this petty cash so that all other monies received can be banked weekly. The amount due to the development fund is included in the weekly bankings into the current account & then transferred electronically. (See also note 16).

13 Buildings and other property

The value of the buildings was as last year, when Methodist Insurance did a valuation. The balance sheet value of contents has been calculated as the brought forward value plus additions, less 20% depreciation. The value of the land is not known.

Buildings
£		 Fixtures and
fittings
£		 Assets under
construction
£		 Total
£
Cost or valuation
Balance brought forward at
1 September 2024		 1,548,401 28,896 1,577,297
Additions in theyear 2,458 2,458
_Less:_Disposals in theyear
Depreciation thisyear (6,271) (6271)
Transfers between categories
Balance carried forward at
31 August 2025		 1,548,401 25,083 1,573,484

Church: Burbage Circuit: Hinckley

District: Northampton

Year ended 31 August 2025

Notes to the Accounts

14 Debtors and prepayments

All rental invoices issued during the year ended 31[st] August were paid by 31[st] August 2025, so there were no year end debtors. The debtors as at 31 August 2024 totalled £183 including £22 allocated to the development fund. Therefore the debtors need to be decreased by £183. The brought forward debtors included an invoice to the Leicester Tigers Foundation for £84, but the Leadership team decided that this should be written off. (The Love to Move sessions run by Leicester Tigers Foundation happen during the Tuesday drop-in & participants always give a donation for their coffee & biscuits. The Love to Move sessions are no longer invoiced.) The other debtors paid the church during early September 2024.

Our circuit assessment for the September to November 2025 quarter, which amounted to £6,625, was prepaid in August 2025. The prepayment as at 31 August 2024 was also £6,625, so the prepayments do not need to be adjusted.

15 Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes

The Church has three investment funds held by TMCP.

Funds held at present total £5744.39, interest paid into the current account.

1) Rev Walter Foxon Trust (unable to access money) Balance £1650.48

2) Bennett Trust (Arrangements held to access funds, but not through board) Balance £3136.81

3) Various model trust funds (Restriction of £500 cash allowed to be withdrawn) Balance £957.10

16 Central Finance Board (CFB) and Cash at Bank & in hand

The Church has a current account at HSBC plc, an authorised institution. The sums held on this account is immediately available. In addition the Church has three deposit accounts at CFB: there is a general account (from which the assessment is taken by direct debit), a small Benevolent Fund & the Development Fund (restricted to expenses associated with the church rebuild & mission work). Interest is earned on these accounts and credited monthly. Sums deposited can be transferred to & from the current account without notice and without loss of interest either electronically or by filling out & e-mailing a withdrawal slip with 2 signatures required. These sums are viewed as being liquid and are shown as Current assets on the Balance Sheet.

Due to changes at the local HSBC branch, it is no longer possible to bank coins there. The machines in the branch only accept notes & cheques. It is possible to bank full bags of coins at a Post Office. This has meant a change to banking policy. The church runs a drop-in session where attendees give a donation for coffee/tea & biscuits rather than being charged a fixed amount. This cash is now treated like petty cash, but still allocated as drop-in donations. Total

Church: Burbage Circuit: Hinckley

District: Northampton

Year ended 31 August 2025

Notes to the Accounts

income is counted weekly after the Sunday morning service & some cash is taken out of the drop-in money as necessary to make up complete bags of coins. The remaining petty cash is all from drop-in. This doubles the time taken to deal with weekly cash takings, but the money can be banked at the nearest Post Office which is open on a Sunday.

17 Creditors, Accruals & Loans

The Church had no creditors or accruals as at 31[st] August 2025. There were no outstanding loans.

Church: Burbage Circuit: Hinckley

District: Northampton

Year ended 31 August 2025

Notes to the Accounts

19 Unrestricted Funds

19.1 General Fund – balance £1,622,357 at 31 August 2025 (2024: £1,630,247)

The purpose of the fund is for use at the discretion of the trustees in the furtherance of the general objectives of the Church and which have not been designated for other purposes. £1,573,484 of this fund is held as a freehold property (the Church), fixtures & fittings, & furniture. The remainder comprises the current account & the general CFB Account plus debtors & prepayments.

19.2 Designated Funds – balance £1052 at 31 August 2025 (2024: £1006) These funds are to serve specific purposes but are not restricted by any document or deed to that purpose alone. These funds comprise the CFB Benevolent Account only.

20 Restricted Fund - balance £34070 as at 31 August 2025 (2024: £28307)

The only Restricted Funds comprise the CFB Development Account. This fund (together with the grants & interest-free loans received (now fully repaid)) was used to fund the church rebuild. The church possessed an old schoolroom on the church site, which was unsafe. This has now been demolished. The demolition & associated legal costs were paid from the development fund. This fund can also be used for mission purposes.

21 Analysis of net assets among funds

Fund balances at 31 August 2025 are represented by:

Unrestricted
general and designated
funds
£		 Restricted
funds
£		 Total funds
£
Tangible fixed assets 1,573,484 0 1,573,484
Endowment Funds 5,744 0 5,744
Current assets 49,925 34,070 83,995
Current liabilities 0 0
Payables due after one
year		 0 0 0
Total 1,629,153 34,070 1,663,223

Church: Burbage Circuit: Hinckley

District: Northampton

Year ended 31 August 2025

Notes to the Accounts

22 Related parties

All of the trustees are members of the Church and some are also trustees of the Circuit.

All Church members contribute to general funds via the weekly collection either by offertory envelopes or cash, or by standing orders directly to the current account.

Related parties include the Methodist Connexion, Hinckley Circuit, Northampton District, CFB and TMCP. All of these entities have their own trustees or directors.

23 Volunteer contributions

Every entity (Connexion, District, Circuit, Church) within the Methodist Church in GB is heavily reliant on volunteers who contribute their skills, time and money in the furtherance of the work of the Church. At Burbage Methodist Church, the principal contribution is by serving as stewards, treasurer, fund-raisers, pastoral carers & caterers. We are grateful to all of them for their help and commitment. No attempt has been made by this Church to value the nonmonetary contributions to the Church in monetary terms.

24 Capital commitments and contingent liabilities

There were no capital commitments or contingent liabilities at the year end (2023-24: nil).

28 Lease commitments

The Church has contracts or obligations for the following:

In addition there are short term obligations as follows:

The total liability of these is not considered material.

Church: Burbage

Circuit: Hinckley

District: Northampton

Year ended 31 August 2025

Notes to the Accounts

29 Internal Organisations

Since the closure of the JAM Club in 2022-23, we no longer have any internal organisations. Children’s work is now financed by general funds. We also have a messy church on the last Friday of the month, which is attended by local families, whose expenses are met from general funds.

30 Independent examiner

The independent examiner is Mr Colin Jones, treasurer of Hinckley Ambion Rotary Club.

BURBAGE Church TRUSTEES' ANNUAL REPORT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025

Introduction

During the financial year 2016-17, the old outdated church was demolished & a modern, single-storey church was built to replace it. The new church was handed over to us in August 2017. The new building is accessible to everyone, & has facilities for the disabled. The church has a variety of multi-use spaces. The new seating is lightweight & stackable in order to allow different layouts depending on the activity taking place.

The church site used to have a Victorian schoolroom which we considered renovating. However, following a structural survey, it proved too expensive to retain. The building was demolished in 2023, & the land where the schoolroom was has been turned into a wildlife area.

The existing garden area continues to be popular when the weather allows.

Aims and organisation

To be a church for the 21st Century that seeks to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ, that is God-centred in its life & worship & provides a Christian witness in the Community.

Review of the year

The church continues to rent rooms to outside organisations when not being used for church activities. External users include a community choir, a jazz band, an over-50s club, the Patient Participation Group from the local doctor’s surgery & a brownie pack. The church is also used as a polling station for local & national elections.

Activities organised by the church include Stay & Play (for pre-school children & their parent or guardian), Community Bible study, a “Warm Spaces” session, a Forget-Me-Not café for those suffering from Dementia & their carers, a monthly breakfast club, & a drop-in coffee morning where the community can play games, do jigsaws, bring their crafts such as knitting or just sit & chat.

Income Trends

The church has been able to raise sufficient unrestricted funds to meet the general running costs through the Sunday collection & the associated gift aid, plus rental income.

Fundraising for the church development & mission continued. A total of £5,763 (including donations & interest on the development account) was raised. This included £2,109 from selling refreshments on the Saturdays when the Farmers’ Market took place on the church Car Park. The farmers’ market took place 11 times during the year. The church opened during the village “Christmas in Burbage” event serving coffee & mince pies plus having a Santa. The church supported both the Burbage Community Arts Festival & the local primary school’s Scarecrow Festival, by opening for refreshments & use of toilets. Our annual Craft Fair was held in October 2024.

The monthly community breakfast continues on the third Saturday of each month. This is very popular with the local community & £1 is donated to a local charity for each meal served. The charities which benefitted were the local food bank, dial-a-ride & a charity supporting Ukrainian refugees.

Unrestricted Church income is primarily drawn from the Sunday collections and Gift aid tax credit paid by the congregation, & rental income paid by external users of the building.

Restricted income is primarily drawn from fundraising events & donations. Gift Aid is claimed where appropriate. Restricted income is used for mission & development.

Expenditure trends

The major cost to unrestricted funds is in relation to the assessment paid to the Circuit (Hinckley). This amounted to 50% of our total unrestricted costs (excluding depreciation). The Circuit assessment has remained the same as last year, but may be increasing next year.

A significant amount of the Circuit assessment is used to pay the District assessment, stipends, manse expenses and costs related to Ministers. The other expenditure includes maintenance, utilities & other general running expenses.

Investment Bankers: Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church Trustees for Methodist Church purposes

Public Benefit

We confirm the trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit.

Structure, Governance and Management

The governing document for the church is the Deed of Union (1932) and Methodist Church Act (1976)

Detailed governance arrangements are outlined within the Constitutional Practice and Discipline of the Methodist Church by order of the annual conference (CPD).

Day to day management of the church is undertaken by the Church Leadership team along with the Minister.

The Trustees are appointed at the AGM of the church. Trustees are appointed for a period of 6 years & must be church members. The trustees consist of the minister, up to 6 stewards, the treasurer & up to 11 other members.

Trustee Training

A range of guidance produced by Methodist Connexion to support the effective running of the church and the role of Trustees is given to the Church Trustees at various meetings and / or training sessions.

Related Parties

The Church is part of the Hinckley Circuit which is part of the Northampton District and is also accountable to the Methodist Conference.

Refresh is held on one Sunday afternoon per month. This is an alternative style of worship, which includes a presentation followed by food. Refresh is organised by church members & overseen by the Minister.

Plans for 2025/26

Church financial plans for the coming year have been prepared on this basis:

Collection & related gift aid plus rental income to be sufficient to cover general expenses such as the assessment, utility bills, consumables, insurance, necessary property repairs and other running expenses.

Fundraising & donations to continue.

BURBAGE Church

Trustee’s Annual Report on Finance and Governance

Basis of preparation and legal framework

The Charity’s annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025 have been prepared in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 and the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice 2015 as applicable to the Financial Reporting Standard(FRSSE) 2015

Full Name of Charity / Church: BURBAGE METHODIST CHURCH

Registration Charity Number (if a Registered Charity): 1169141

Date of registration (if registered as a Charity) 2016-9-12

Main communication address 28 PYEHARPS ROAD, BURBAGE, HINCKLEY, LE10 2JE.

The members of the Burbage Methodist Church Council are the Charity Trustees , membership being made up of church office holders, Minister and representatives appointed by the church at the Annual general Meeting.

Full list of Church Council members and key lay employees are shown as Appendix A to this report .

Treasurer: Mrs Christine Armstrong

Christine Armstrong acted as the principal officer overseeing the day to day financial management and accounting for the Church during the year.

Independent examiner: Colin Jones, treasurer of Hinckley Ambion Rotary Club

BURBAGE Church

Risk Management

The major risks have been identified and recorded by the Trustees with professional advice taken as required. There is a regular annual review process undertaken and recorded.

A revised safeguarding policy was unanimously accepted at Hinckley Methodist Circuit meeting in April 2025 & this is included in Appendix B.

Income and Expenditure is being monitored in total and is compared with the approved annual budget on a half yearly basis to detect trends as part of the risk management process to avoid unforeseen calls on reserves.

Reserves Policy

The Reserves Policy for the Church is to hold a minimum sum equivalent to 6 months’ average expenditure. This should be sufficient to meet any unforeseen item of major expenditure on the church building and / or to be able to continue, in the short term, funding planned activities in the event of any inability to raise the full expenses including the assessment payable to the Circuit.

Appendix A

CHURCH COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP & KEY LAY WORKERS

MINISTERS

REV PATRICIA MUKOROMBINDO (TO 31/7/25) REV EDWARD SAKWE (FROM 1/8/25)

LAY WORKERS

ANNE HADDON (PASTORAL ASSISTANT) COLIN HADDON (PASTORAL ASSISTANT)

CHURCH STEWARDS

DAVID BLACK (TO 31/12/24) KEITH WARE HILARY UNION BRIAN BRADBURN PHIL HAYWOOD

TREASURER

CHRISTINE ARMSTRONG

CHURCH SAFEGUARDING CO-ORDINATOR

HILARY UNION

CHURCH REPRESENTATIVES (OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH COUNCIL)

  1. ANNE BAILEY (SECRETARY)

  2. HELEN COBLEY (CIRCUIT REP)

  3. CHRISTOPHER WEBB (AUDIO-VISUAL EXPERT)

  4. GILL KEARNEY (PASTORAL SECRETARY)

  5. ROSEMARY BRADBURN (MISSIONS/CHURCHES TOGETHER

  6. BARBARA REARDON (CHILDREN’S WORK)

  7. JOHN NICHOLS (PROPERTY SECRETARY/REFRESH)

Name of Church ....SJ.K.$.IKf.£....... . . c.I:t¥J.Q41.. No..+Th.. .. Declarations and Scrutiny I confim) that these <iccruals-based acLxwnts fcy Ihe year to 31 August 2025 have been Eyepared frorn the records of the Church and thal they indude all fur)ds under Ihe control of the Church trustees. Signature of treasurer ...-- Name and address of treasurer . C ¥4&.1.%-j. ! fv! 141 fvJCIL.¥.o_" LL-I CJ Presentatoon to tho Church trustees l (x)nfirm thal the annual repnrt and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025 werelwill be. presenled to the meeting of the Church trustocs held ￿ . i.t liy. !i.)...- Signature ofthe Chairof the meeling. ----...............-.-..--..----.-..--..---.............-........---...-...... Name ol the Chair of the meets'ng: ..¥.7knrti￿.. &4J< i, Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of the r.i F! !b-'.&?J.->J...-...Church Charity Number.JJ.{-'I i ¥.J Responsibililies and basis of report I report to the trustees on my eXaMinat￿n ol the acc(NJnts of the . É U5t£ n CTr" Church for the year ended 31 August 2025 set out on pages ... 10 . As the Church's Iruslees. you are reswiisible for the preparation of tho ac(x)unts in accordan(% with the reqU1￿mentS Of the Charitses Act 2011 ('ttE Act.). I report in resp￿￿ of my examination of the Churth's aCC￿nIS carried out under section 145 nf Ihe Act and. in carying out my examinat￿n, I have followed all the aPpI￿able Dweclions gtvon by the Charity Commission under wtion 1495Xb) of the Act. ' dolote (K cirde as appropfiale

Name ofchurch ...... Independont ExJminer's Statement tThe Churth's gross in￿rne exceeded £250.(KX) arKJ l am qualif￿ to urKlertake the examinats. by being a qualified member of (insert name of applicaNe listed Ixxly>). Delete [ ] rf not applicable. I have completed my examination. I confirm Ihat rK) material matter5 have come to my attention in connectson with examinati￿ (other than Ihat d￿k)sed bek)w' ) whKh give me cause to believe that in, any matenal respect: the acc(wnting ￿C(￿dS were kept in aCC￿danCe with section 130 of the Act: the aC¢￿Thts do ￿t acc(wd with Ihe acc(￿ntir￿3 re(x)rds: ( the aCc￿nIS do not comply wilh the applicable requirements concemirxj the f(Ym and content ot accounts sei out in the charit￿s {Acc{￿nIS and ReF￿rts> RegUlaI￿nS 2(K18 other than any requirement that the accounis give a 'true and fair. view. whith is a matter (x>nsKlefed as part ol an IndeperKlent examination the Iwsleos. annual rewi Is nol consistent with the aCC￿nIS I have ￿ ￿nCernS and have (xxne al￿￿S rK) olher mattsrs in I￿neCt￿}n wrth the examination to which attention should be drawn in this refx￿t in (wder to enable a proper underslarKJing of the accounts to be re￿ed. I havelhave nol. obtained irKleperMlent verificatiC￿ of all investments with the Trustees for Methodist Church PurFK)ses or held In other trusts. bank balances and funds at the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church which are individually In excess of £I0.000 (ten thwsarKI unds) ai the balance St￿et date. Synature of independent examiner Name of irKlependeni examiner Relevant professional qualificati￿ of independent examiner (5112tCT)(l o Name of firm (whero appropnate) . .1.41kn. XL,. NI...... Address Lt.L,..-- f!%llfvl......Q4): Post C<xle .U.k. J.o...IPR Date 2.)2&- ' delet8 ￿ orde as approwiate